After Tragedy and Triumph - Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience

Klappentext Michael Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of his generation! the first to mature after tragedy and triumph. Zusammenfassung Michael Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of his generation! the first to mature after tragedy and triumph. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Richard L. Rubenstein; Introduction; Part I. The Holocaust in Contemporary American Culture: 1. The nativisation of the Holocaust; 2. The uniqueness and universality of the Holocaust; 3. Public commemoration of the Holocaust; 4. Is the centrality of the Holocaust overemphasised? Two dialogues; 5. Issues in teaching the Holocaust; 6. What we should teach our children; 7. The shadows of the Holocaust; Part II. Jewish Thought and Modern History: 8. Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber Reconsidered; 9. The problem of pluralism in contemporary orthodoxy: philosophy and politics; 10. From Auschwitz to Oslo: the journey of Elie Wiesel; 11. Jacob Neusner and the renewal of an ever-dying people; 12. Political Zionism's would-be successors: sectarianism, Messianism, nationalism, and secularism; 13. The situation of the American Jew; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Berenbaum
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521099929
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09992-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); USA, Europe, RELIGION / Judaism / General, Second World War, The Holocaust, Judaism, United States of America, USA, c 1940 to c 1949, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities